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WASHINGTON, D.C. â The Corcoran Gallery of Art will present âModernism at the Corcoran: A Scholarly Symposiumâ on Thursday, March 29, to Saturday, March 31.
This symposium brings to the Corcoran ten scholars from across the United States and Europe to offer insights into the themes explored in the exhibition. It will feature an impressive line-up of scholarly presentations by V&A Curators Christopher Wilk and Corinna Gardner, and other Modernism scholars including Eve Blau, Tim Benton, Amy Ogata, Jeff Meikle, Dorothea Dietrich and Cynthia Williams.
On Thursday evening the symposium will launch a lecture on âUtopiaâ by Paul Greenhalgh, Corcoran director and president. Guided tours of the exhibition and a Modernism architecture bus tour of Washington will be offered on Saturday. Ticket includes two-day admission to exhibition and refreshments.
Admission for the public is $100; members $75; full-time students of other institutions $50; presented in the Hammer Auditorium.
Corcoran Gallery of Art is at 500 17th Street NW. For more information/reservations, www.corcoran.org or 202-639-1727.